[muhd-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any of various fishes that live in muddy waters, as the bowfin or mummichog. |
| bow·fin (bō'fĭn') n. A primitive bony freshwater fish (Amia calva) of central and eastern North America, with a long spineless dorsal fin. Also called dogfish, mudfish. |
| mud·fish (mŭd'fĭsh') n. pl. mudfish or mud·fish·es See bowfin. |